1 A Benjamin Banneker:Man of Many Talents 1
1 B The Education of Free Blacks in Post-Revolutionary War Boston 3
2 A Experiencing the Gold Rush 5
2 B Entrepreneurs of the Gold Rush 7
3 A Lives of the Shakers 9
3 B Mother Ann Lee 11
4 A These Walls Can Talk 13
4 B How to Carry Out a Public Mural Project 15
5 A What Happens to Tax Dollars? 17
5 B How to File a Federal Income Tax Return 19
6 A The Battle of Britain 21
6 B Life During the Blitz 23
7 A Law and Order on the Electronic Frontier 25
7 B Virginia Shea:The"Miss Manners"of the Internet 27
8 A Pioneers in Women's Rights 29
8 B Juana Inés de la Cruz,Women's Rights Advocate 31
9 A Educating Safe Drivers 33
9 B Cell Phones and Driving 35
10 A Why Did the Ancient Maya Abandon Their Cities? 37
10 B Remnants of the Past 39
11 A Harvest Festivals from Many Cultures 41
11 B Was It Really the"First Thanksgiving"? 43
12 A Morocco:Past and Present 45
12 B The Journeys of Ibn Battuta 47
13 A "Reading"Textiles to Reveal the Past 49
13 B Elizabeth Barber,Textile Archaeologist 51
14 A Careers in the Museum Industry 53
14 B Becoming a Museum Volunteer 55
15 A The Russian Revolution of 1917 57
15 B The Theory of Communism 59
16 A Hands-Off Policies of Calvin Coolidge 61
16 B The Stock Market Crash of 1929 63
17 A The Santa Fe Trail and the Opening of the Southwest 65
17 B Tejanos 67
18 A Let the Play Begin! 69
18 B The Fearless Comedy of Aristophanes 71
19 A Bicycle Use Around the World 73
19 B Military Uses of the Bicycle in World War Ⅱ 75
20 A The Conquests of Hernando Cortés 77
20 B The Mexican Flag and Its Symbolism 79
21 A Crossing the Threshold 81
21 B Happy Birthday,Sweet Fifteen! 83
22 A Gullah:An Endangered Culture 85
22 B A Language Born of Need 87
23 A Competition for Water in the American West 89
23 B The Designer of Los Angeles's Water Supply 91
24 A The President's Cabinet 93
24 B Janet Reno:First Woman to Become U.S.Attorney General 95
附录 97
Answer Key 97
Reading Rate 99
Comprehension Score 100
Comprehension Skills Profile 101